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One question facing business on the double-bind of AI and data

If Australian enterprises become dependent on foreign-controlled systems trained on Australian intelligence, we create an enormous strategic...

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Ming Long

Why a Robin Hood gas policy would set Australia back

Natural gas is a pathway to productivity growth. Australia cannot afford to let risk aversion, or regulatory inertia, stall the next wave of...

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Cecile Wake

Elon Musk just showed he’s (finally) back to business

SpaceX’s near flawless launch of its massive rocket shows the billionaire is fully focused on his business innovations after ditching the White...

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Thomas Black

How I learnt to relax about corporate debt

A recent proposal from the Productivity Commission raises a question – should we fear how much companies owe in the way we worry about government...

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Richard Holden

American economy will survive Trump’s capitalism shakedown

While Trump’s “very visible hand” is replacing the “invisible hand” of the market, the dynamism and resilience of the US economy suggest it...

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The Afr View

Iran has been exposed but Australia’s antisemitism problem runs deeper

Delaying both the proscription of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the ambassador’s expulsion has come at a grave cost to social cohesion and...

yesterday 8

The Afr View

Labor’s housing ‘help’ risks backfiring on homeowners

Nationalising the first buyer LMI market could cut competition and put upward pressure on premiums for investors and first buyers not eligible for...

yesterday 9

John Kehoe

PM had no choice but to act after explosive Iran revelations

After years of rejecting overtures to sever ties with Iran, the government was left with no other option.

yesterday 5

Phillip Coorey

Trump is copying China’s command-and-control economy

The administration’s interference in the institutional structure that underpins free market capitalism is reaching a level never before seen in the...

yesterday 2

Susan Stone

Iran’s expulsion from Australia is self-inflicted damage on the regime

The last time Australia expelled an ambassador was over 80 years ago, and the internal recriminations over the IRGC’s incompetence are only getting...

yesterday 6

Patrick Gibbons

The powerful economic argument for a strong climate target

A target at the top end of the range would signal to businesses and investors that Australia is committed to growing the clean industries and...

yesterday 7

Rebecca Mikula-Wright

We can’t tax and spend our way to productivity

A fair go for working-age people will require an inheritance that includes a dynamic, growing economy and a sustainable government fiscal position.

previous day 10

Robert Breunig

WFH surveillance case is a wake-up call

The Safetrac case shines a spotlight on the issue of employee surveillance versus the right to personal privacy when staff work from home.

previous day 10

David Marin-Guzman

WFH a symptom of Victoria’s post-pandemic trauma

The youth crime crisis should prompt soul-searching on both sides of the aisle in Spring Street about the state’s pandemic legacy.

previous day 1

The Afr View

The super system is working backward for retirees

The absence of good advice and quality retirement products are causing too many older Australians to leave more of their savings unspent than they...

previous day 1

Andrew Podger

Labor’s ‘right to disconnect’ is a disconnect from reality

It isn’t clear whether it is Jimbo-ambition-nomics or Albo-veto-nomics that is determining the government’s economic agenda.

previous day 3

Tim Wilson

Shoppers, retail staff shouldn’t have to put up with threats, violence

Australia cannot accept that a teenage shop assistant or a parent with kids in tow should have to navigate organised crime while working or buying...

previous day 2

Chris Rodwell

Hudson should pay penalty again for Qantas culture fails

Following Justice Michael Lee’s verdict on the airline’s behaviour, the CEO should lose a portion of her bonus either voluntarily or at the behest...

monday 1

The Afr View

Australia and Taiwan caught between Trump and Xi’s great-man fantasies

The president may make concessions to China as he has to Putin, even if it undermines the security of Taiwan.

monday 10

James Curran

Why marketing fiascos will never go away

Bad promotions, from retailer Gap through to TV network MSNBC, will always be with us as long as companies keep putting their customers last.

monday 4

Pilita Clark

Labor must make the case for not indexing sophisticated investor test

If the government rejects the regulator’s recommendation, it will need to make a sound and compelling case for why it has opted not to protect...

monday 2

The Afr View

Another Coalition climate explosion appears inevitable

Each time Barnaby Joyce demands an end to the pursuit of net zero, most voters hear a different message. Climate change denial.

monday 1

Phillip Coorey

ASIC’s inquiry into the ASX hit a speed bump, but work is ramping up

The panel, examining governance, capability and risk management, has overcome the reluctance of at least one former executive – Dominic Stevens –...

monday 1

Joyce Moullakis

Welcome back to the age of wildcat banking

As the Commonwealth Bank and the Reserve Bank squabble over credit card fees, the global payments system is transforming beyond recognition.

monday 4

Jonathan Shapiro

Labor’s intergenerational fairness could be lucky break for the Libs

The Liberal Party would presumably be delighted to defend its former voters in the richest seats from any move to ratchet up taxes.

monday 2

John Black

Chalmers had a cunning tax plan all along at the summit

Beyond the images and soundbites, the win for the Government was the appearance of an endorsement for its rough policy agenda for the next three...

monday 3

Lidija Ivanovski

Why the Australian sharemarket is on the cusp of a new chapter

The market has spent years in the shadow of the US tech boom, but a combination of tailwinds and fundamentals could set up healthy returns for...

24.08.2025 1

Paul Taylor

What Chalmers should do this week to go ‘full abundance agenda’

The treasurer’s “slowly, slowly catches the monkey” stuff is not going to solve the profound productivity and standard-of-living problems Australia...

24.08.2025 2

Richard Holden

I’m no NIMBY. But new housing must not give residents a raw deal

The biggest lever to making homes more affordable is to increase supply. But this only works if it’s matched with local infrastructure that...

24.08.2025 1

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One question facing business on the double-bind of AI and data

Ming Long

Why a Robin Hood gas policy would set Australia back

Cecile Wake

Elon Musk just showed he’s (finally) back to business

Thomas Black

How I learnt to relax about corporate debt

Richard Holden

American economy will survive Trump’s capitalism shakedown

The Afr View

Iran has been exposed but Australia’s antisemitism problem runs deeper

The Afr View

Labor’s housing ‘help’ risks backfiring on homeowners

John Kehoe

PM had no choice but to act after explosive Iran revelations

Phillip Coorey

Trump is copying China’s command-and-control economy

Susan Stone

Iran’s expulsion from Australia is self-inflicted damage on the regime

Patrick Gibbons

The powerful economic argument for a strong climate target

Rebecca Mikula-Wright

We can’t tax and spend our way to productivity

Robert Breunig

WFH surveillance case is a wake-up call

David Marin-Guzman

WFH a symptom of Victoria’s post-pandemic trauma

The Afr View

The super system is working backward for retirees

Andrew Podger

Labor’s ‘right to disconnect’ is a disconnect from reality

Tim Wilson

Shoppers, retail staff shouldn’t have to put up with threats, violence

Chris Rodwell

Hudson should pay penalty again for Qantas culture fails

The Afr View

Australia and Taiwan caught between Trump and Xi’s great-man fantasies

James Curran

Why marketing fiascos will never go away

Pilita Clark

Labor must make the case for not indexing sophisticated investor test

The Afr View

Another Coalition climate explosion appears inevitable

Phillip Coorey

ASIC’s inquiry into the ASX hit a speed bump, but work is ramping up

Joyce Moullakis

Welcome back to the age of wildcat banking

Jonathan Shapiro

Labor’s intergenerational fairness could be lucky break for the Libs

John Black

Chalmers had a cunning tax plan all along at the summit

Lidija Ivanovski

Why the Australian sharemarket is on the cusp of a new chapter

Paul Taylor

What Chalmers should do this week to go ‘full abundance agenda’

Richard Holden

I’m no NIMBY. But new housing must not give residents a raw deal

Nicolette Boele